METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALCULATING BLOOD PRESSURE

摘要

The present invention is a method and apparatus (20) for calculating blood pressure of an artery having a pulse. The method includes applying a varying pressure to the artery. Pressure waveforms (450) are sensed to produce pressure waveform data. Waveform parameters (510, 530) are derived from the sensed pressure waveform data. Blood pressure is then determined using the derived parameters.